Wayne County Today

There were 1,068 kindergarten students enrolled in Wayne County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Orrville Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 110 students.

Within Wayne County schools, the highest student count was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Wayne County ranked 26th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 13,716 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 26th the year before.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is an improvement for the state and is lower than the national average of 1:16.

Despite the apparent improvement, this positive trend is overshadowed by a general decline in public school enrollments, which was accelerated by the pandemic. This decline, aligned with the steady number of teachers in the state over the last 10 years, has led to low student-to-teacher ratios.

School name	# of Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Orrville Elementary School	110	19	579
Hazel Harvey Elementary School	100	32.3	310
Norwayne Elementary School	98	16.9	581
Green Elementary School	89	16.6	535
Northwestern Elementary School	82	13.1	627
Cornerstone Elementary School	81	22.1	367
Rittman Elementary School	75	19	395
Dalton Elementary School	69	20.1	344
Melrose Elementary School	66	25.7	257
Kean Elementary School	64	19.9	322
Parkview Elementary School	60	21.2	283
Shreve Elementary School	53	16.2	328
Wooster Twp Elementary School	43	11.3	379
Apple Creek Elementary School	39	10.6	369
Fredericksburg Elementary School	20	16.9	118
Mount Eaton Elementary School	19	15	127
Rittman Academy	0	0	26
Beacon Hill Academy	0	0	50
Liberty Preparatory School	0	0	44
Orrville High School	0	0	399
Orrville Middle School	0	0	485
Edgewood Middle School	0	0	714
Wooster High School	0	0	1,175
Rittman Middle School	0	0	212
Rittman High School	0	0	204
Chippewa Junior-Senior High School	0	0	537
Chippewa Intermediate School	0	0	336
Chippewa Virtual Learning Academy	0	0	24
Dalton High School	0	0	249
Dalton Middle School	0	0	287
Green Middle School	0	0	211
Smithville High School	0	0	273
Norwayne Middle School	0	0	310
Norwayne High School	0	0	376
Northwestern Middle School	0	0	288
Northwestern High School	0	0	341
John R. Lea Middle School	0	0	186
Waynedale High School	0	0	305
Triway High School	0	0	360
Triway Junior High School	0	0	343